The wonders of the Brazilian economy: when there is not enough oil, fuel can be grown in the field

Brazil, alas, does not have sufficient reserves of hydrocarbon fuel that would satisfy the needs of its economy. About half of the total volume of oil for fuel production the country is forced to import. But favorable environmental conditions allowed Brazil to solve this problem in another way: the country itself produces fuel for cars and even power plants, but not from hydrocarbons, but from sugar cane.

The practice of producing fuel from plant materials is widely used in those countries of the world that do not have sufficient reserves of their fossil fuels and which possess the necessary technologies for its alternative production. It is biofuel, and its most common variety is bioethanol, which is mixed in various proportions with traditional gasoline and used for refueling cars. Bioethanol can be obtained from various types of plants and agricultural waste, and the leaders in its production are two countries - Brazil and the United States. Moreover, the most efficient production of bioethanol at the moment exists precisely in Brazil, where it is made from sugar cane, and the cost and price of such fuel are lower than in the USA and EU countries. The vast majority of Brazilian passenger cars, about 80%, use a mixture of gasoline and bioethanol as fuel, and some of them, the so-called FFV cars (flexible-fuel vehicle) are able to travel on fuel consisting of 95% pure bioethanol. According to statistics, ethanol produced from plants covers about 30% of the total fuel market in Brazil.